Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Excess mortality rates exceeded 150 deaths per 100 000 population during at least one year of the pandemic in 80 countries and territories, whereas 20 nations had a negative excess mortality rate in 2020 or 2021, indicating that all-cause mortality in these countries was lower during the pandemic than expected based on historical trends. …”

RES.14-001 Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2009, Spring 2009 by Duflo, Esther, Glennerster, Rachel, Banerjee, Abhijit

“…This five-day program on evaluating social programs will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one's own evaluation. While the course focuses on randomized evaluations, many of the topics, such as measuring outcomes and dealing with threats to the validity of an evaluation, are relevant for other methodologies. …”
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论阮籍诗文中的逃避主义 = Escapism in the literary works of Ruan Ji by 王岳明 Wang, Yueming

“…Zhong Rong refers to Ruan Ji in his “Poetic Character” in the following manner, “As for his work of ‘Yong Huai’, it can cultivate one’s character and mind, allow for deep thoughts…therefore its agenda is deep and perplex, its interests are obscured and difficult to seek. …”
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Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status by Theodoulou, A, Fanshawe, TR, Leavens, E, Theodoulou, E, Wu, AD, Heath, L, Stewart, C, Nollen, N, Ahluwalia, JS, Butler, AR, Hajizadeh, A, Thomas, J, Lindson, N, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…<p><b>Authors’ conclusions </b></p> Currently, there is no clear evidence to support the use of differential individual‐level smoking cessation interventions for people from lower or higher SES groups, or that any one intervention would have an effect on health inequalities. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Of the included studies, we rated ten (all but one contributing to our main comparisons) at low risk of bias overall, 58 at high risk overall (including all non-randomized studies), and the remainder at unclear risk. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…This included 44 of 46 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which was the super-region with the largest share of livebirths in 2021 (29·2% [28·7–29·6]). 47 countries and territories in which lowest estimated fertility between 1950 and 2021 was below replacement experienced one or more subsequent years with higher fertility; only three of these locations rebounded above replacement levels. …”

Effects of combination of linguistic and musical pitch experience on subcortical pitch encoding by Maggu, Akshay Raj, Wong, Patrick C. M., Antoniou, Mark, Bones, Oliver, Liu, Hanjun, Wong, Francis C. K.

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Human anatomy in ancient Indian sculptures of Gandhara art illustrating the fasting Buddha by Abrahams, Peter, Mogali, Sreenivasulu Reddy

“…They also possessed knowledge of the approximate size and position of the bones, joints and muscles, including their approximate origin and insertion points. …”
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Studies on GaN based HEMT heterostructures on 100-mm silicon grown by molecular beam epitaxy by Ravikiran Lingaparthi

“…To increase the buffer resistance, GaN buffer was carbon doped using CBr4 source during the growth. Two and one orders of reduction in the HLC and VLC were observed, respectively for the GaN buffer doped with the maximum available CBr4 BEP of 1.86× 10-7 mTorr in our system. …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging and contouring for diagnostic bio-applications by Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar

“…Complementary optical methodologies, which can enable easy identification and diagnosis of potential abnormal growth sites that represent cancerous state of tissue, were investigated in this research, as it is envisioned that information from one modality can be used to strengthen judgment from another independent modality. …”
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A collision risk assessment method for runway threshold management : a case study of Singapore Changi Airport by Ang, Haojie, Cai, Qing, Alam, Sameer

“…This increases the Landing Distance available and may lead to an increase runway capacity.…”
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The hazards of aircraft wake vortices by Rudy, Ryantono Setiawan

“…To recommend a less conservative, yet safe set of guidelines to in-trail spacing of aircrafts during critical flight phases (take-off and landing) to increase airport capacity. [2nd Award]…”
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Maximizing airport runway throughput via sequencing arrival schedule by Lin, Chuanwen

“…To study the effectiveness of SAS method, 3 case scenarios are proposed: Case 1 – Cross batch mix landing, Case 2 – Batch by batch smooth landing and Case 3- Sequencing Arrival Schedule. …”
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Influence of court surfaces on impact cushioning during basketball lay-up by Quek, Raymond Kai Kiat

“…Additionally, perceived impact of the surface may affect landing strategy. More investigation is needed due to complications in sport-specific movement.…”
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Developing hydroxyapatite CAPS coatings on metallic implants for tissue replacement by Montserrat Espanol Pons.

“…Hydroxyapatite (HA) is an appropriate ceramic for artificial teeth or bones due to its excellent biocompatibility and bioactivity. …”
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Modern Trends in Microelectronics Packaging Reliability Testing by Bender, Emmanuel, Bernstein, Joseph B., Boning, Duane S.

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Development of a multi-rotor VTOL UAV : numerical study of rotor-wake induced interference drag on a VTOL UAV by Lim, Jarad Jian An

“…Methods for determining the inputs to these MA models are validated, and the MA model is used on a half-body Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The effect of rotor wake on aerodynamic drag in cruise flight and longitudinal forces in hover flight is numerically evaluated, and recommendations are made towards optimising the design of the aircraft.…”
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Report on industrial attachment with Matsushita Electronic Components (S) Pte Ltd by Yeo, Kheng San.

“…The attachment gave author the chance to learn the designing of transformers and also have hands-on experience in winding of wires on the bobbins.…”
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Automatic control system for VTOL micro aerial vehicle by Choo, Raymond Ming Hui.

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) today are not only used by the military but also has civilian applications. Vertical Take-Off Landing (VTOL) UAVs have indoor applications as it is highly maneuverable and does not require a runway. …”
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An exploratory study for a new method to search for heavy neutrinos with data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by Tan, Cherlene Shu Ning

“…Till this date, all neutrinos observed are left-handed, rotating clockwise with respect to the direction of motion while the corresponding antineutrinos are right-handed, spinning counterclockwise. …”
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